Category: Eucharist

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Eucharist

Sunday 5th April 2026 – 11:15

God has been worshipped in this place through the prayers and praises of countless generations. Worship lies at the heart of our life as Christians and we express our theology and belief through our liturgy. It is through these liturgical patterns of words and actions that we are formed and transformed.

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You are invited to say the text in bold in English.

Please stand as the Minister, at the West End of the Cathedral, sings

Let us pray. 

Please remain standing to sing the

Hymn

1. Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky;
Heaven thunders forth its victor-cry:
Alleluia!
The glad earth shouts her triumph high,
And groaning hell makes wild reply:
Alleluia!

2. While he, the King, the mighty King,
Despoiling death of all its sting,
Alleluia!
And trampling down the powers of night,
Brings forth his ransomed saints to light.
Alleluia!

3. His tomb of late the threefold guard
Of watch and stone and seal had barred;
Alleluia!
But now, in pomp and triumph high,
He comes from death to victory.
Alleluia!

4. The pains of hell are loosed at last,
The days of mourning now are past;
Alleluia!
An angel robed in light hath said,
‘The Lord is risen from the dead’.
Alleluia!

5. O Lord of all, with us abide
In this our joyful Eastertide;
Alleluia!
From every weapon death can wield
Thine own redeemed for ever shield.
Alleluia!

6. All praise be thine, O risen Lord,
From death to endless life restored;
Alleluia!
All praise to God the Father be
And Holy Ghost eternally.
Alleluia!

Latin, tr. John Neale (1818–66)

Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)

The Celebrant says the

Greeting

Alleluia! Christ is risen!  

He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

The Celebrant lights the Paschal Candle and says

Alleluia! Blessed are you, Lord Jesus Christ, Conqueror of death.

You are the Light of the world. Alleluia!

Please remain standing for the

Collect for Purity

Almighty God  to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name: through Christ our Lord.  Amen.

The Celebrant introduces the

Prayers of Penitence

Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed for us. Let us therefore rejoice by putting away all malice and evil and confessing our sins with a sincere and true heart.

A short time of silence is kept for self examination

Lord, like Mary at the empty tomb, we fail to grasp the wonder of your presence.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, like the disciples behind locked doors, we are afraid to be seen as your followers.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, like Thomas in the upper room, we are slow to believe.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Absolution

To which all reply

Amen.

Please remain standing whilst the Choir sings

Gloria in excelsis

Please remain standing whilst the Celebrant intones the

Collect of the Day

Almighty God, through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ you have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires, so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.

Please be seated for the

Colossians 3: 1–4

So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your* life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

At the end of the Reading

This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

The Choir sings the 

Gradual

I danced in the morning when the world was begun, and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth, at Bethlehem I had my birth. Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, but they would not dance and they wouldn’t follow me. I danced for the fishermen, for James and John – they came with me and the Dance went on. I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame; the holy people said it was a shame. They whipped and they stripped and they hung me on high, and they left me there on a Cross to die. I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black – it’s hard to dance with the devil on your back. They buried my body and they thought I’d gone, but I am the Dance, and I still go on. They cut me down and I leapt up high; I am the life that’ll never, never die; I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me – I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

Arr. Stuart Nicholson (b.1975)

Please stand for the

Gospel

The Deacon and the Choir sing

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Hear the Gospel of our Saviour Christ according to Saint N, in the Y chapter, beginning at the Z verse.

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

John 20: 1–18

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes.

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look* into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.’ When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew,* ‘Rabbouni!’ (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” ’ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

At the end, the Minister and the Choir sing

This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Please remain standing whilst the Preacher moves to the Pulpit for the

Sermon

Preacher:

The Very Revd W. W. Morton, B.Th., M.A., Ph.D., M Mus., D.Litt.

Dean & Ordinary

Please be seated for the Sermon. At the end, the Preacher will conclude with a prayer, during which the congregation will stand for the

Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,  the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

The Minister says 

Let us pray.

Please kneel or be seated for the 

Prayers

Each petition ends

Lord, in your mercy

hear our prayer.

At the end

Merciful Father,

accept these our prayers for the sake of your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Please stand as the Celebrant introduces the

Peace

The peace of the Lord be always with you.

And also with you.

Please remain standing to sing the

Hymn

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1. Lord, the bread and wine we offer,
Though the works of your own hand,
Are the tokens of our striving
To fulfil your law’s command:
Open, Lord, our eyes to see you
In the breaking of the bread;
That they may be fixed on heaven
Where all faithful souls are fed.

2. By these offerings you call us
To be grounded in your love;
For we find in what we offer
Your own self come from above:
Open, Lord, our lips to praise you
For the cup of saving wine;
That we may be branches, grafted
Into you, the living Vine.

3. In this bread and wine you bring us
To your Easter victory;
Risen Lord and God eternal,
Conqu’ring death to set us free:
Open, Lord, our minds to know you
Through these common, earthly things;
That we may, with minds on heaven,
Glorify you, King of kings.
4. Lord, unite us in communion
With each other and with you;
Where we meet you, living Victim,
In your sacrifice made new:
Open, Lord, our hearts to love you
As our Passover and Priest,
Through the Eucharistic foretaste
Of the joys of heaven’s feast.

The Revd Charles Mullen (b.1964)

The Revd Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907–91)

Please remain standing as the Celebrant and the Choir sing

Sursum Corda

The Lord is here.

His Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

The Celebrant intones the Preface, concluding

Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven we proclaim your great and glorious name, for ever praising you and singing:

Please remain standing as the Eucharistic Prayer continues, concluding

…through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom and in whom, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we worship you, Father almighty, in songs of never-ending praise:

Blessing and honour and glory and power are yours for ever and ever. Amen.

Please kneel or sit, according to your custom, to pray the

Lord’s Prayer

Our Father,  who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Celebrant breaks the bread, and says

The bread which we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.

We, being many, are one body, for we all share in the one bread.

The Celebrant invites the People to receive Communion.

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral is the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland, a member Church of the Anglican (Episcopalian) Communion.

We welcome members of all Christian Church denominations to receive Holy Communion here. Please follow the stewards’ directions.

Whilst the people receive Communion, the Choir sing

Agnus Dei

Motet

Ave verum corpus natum de Maria, verum pasum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cuius latus perofratum fluxit aqua et sanguine. Esto nobis, mortis in examine. O Iesu dulcis! O Iesu pie! O Iesu, Fili Mariae.

(Hail, O true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, who in anguish to redeem us suffered on the cross; from whose side, when pierced by the spear, there flowed water and blood. O sweet and holy One, O Jesus, Son of Mary.)

Colin Mawby (1936–2019)

O sacrum convivium, in quo Christus sumitur; recolitur memoria passionis eius; mens impletur gratia; et futuræ gloriæ nobis pignus datur. Alleluia.

(O sacred feast, wherein Christ is received; the memorial of his passion is renewed; the soul is filled with grace; and a pledge of future glory is given to us.)

Eoghan Desmond (2016)

When all have received Communion, the Celebrant says

Let us pray.

A seasonal Post-Communion Prayer may be said, and then this prayer

Almighty God,  we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Through him we offer you our souls and bodies to be a living sacrifice. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen.

Please stand to sing the

Hymn

All Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,
Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won;
Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
Kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay:

Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son,
Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.

Choir Lo, Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
Let the Church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,
For her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting:

All No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of Life;
Life is nought without thee: aid us in our strife;
Make us more than conquerors through thy deathless love;
Bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above:

Edmond Budry (1854–1932)

G. F. Handel (1685–1759)

The Celebrant says the

Blessing

After which, all say

Amen.

The Deacon and the Choir sing the

Dismissal

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

In the name of Christ. Amen.

Please remain standing as the Clergy and the Choir depart.

Please remain at your seat for the duration of the

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Material in this service is reproduced from The Book of Common Prayer, © RCB 2004.

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